| Show It rt 1 OEBATE ON ARMY DOLL f Q In 1 1l Senator Turner Makes Some at Startling Statements i I Ih h HOW VOLUNTEERS RETURNED 1t 1 r t a rt t l L f1 Declares That Men Who Wore Brought Back from the Philippines jt Had Seen Packed Like Swine in d Dark Pllthy and Rotten Vessels i Senator Savllns Declares There Vas 1 Distinction Between Treatment I i Treat-ment of Astor Battery and Utah I Batteries 1 1I 1 hif I 4 Washington May 2When the Senate Sen-ate convened today MY Calllnger chairman of the Pensions committee i presented a memorial from tho Union 7 Veteran union complaining about the ri Governments pension policy and mado i the memorial the text for a speech In which he maintained that the criticisms criti-cisms were unjust Mr Otilllnger th closed by saying The 110000000 and I odd palxl out now for pensions Is i about I i as much as the Government ought to xpend I MEMORIAL PARK J Mr Sewcll secured passage of a bill I to establish the Fredericksburg and 4 adjacent national battlcllelds memorial t Park In Virginia Including the battle I lleldH of Fredericksburg Chancellors i i vlllo The Wilderness and Spottsyl L vanla Mr Chandler chairman of the Committee Com-mittee on Privileges and Elections nskcd that the chair lay before the Senate resolution No 2I relating to I the unseating of Mr Clark He said j J Jt was a question of the highest privilege 1 lescDECLINED I DECLINED THE REQUEST hC chair rather sharply declined to do this and noticing that his refusal nettled Mr Chandler said I Is proper for the chair to say he holds that It will require n motion to take the 1lontna resolution from the cal PURE FOOD BILL PURE In accordance with previous notice Mr Mason then addressed the Senate 1 In support of his proposition lo enact legislation to prevent the adulteration of food ITo followed closely the lines L of his report of tho investigation made to the Senate He maintained that all foods exposed for sale should be L marked so that the ingredients might JM > known and that all articles deleterious dele-terious to the public health should be prohibited Ho announced that he would ask soon that a day be set aside for the consideration of pending bills as to pure food AlWIY BILL UP Consideration was then resumed of the army appropriation bill In offerIng 1 offer-Ing an amendment providing that ihp 4 volunteer soldiers In the Philippines who had remained ihcrc and performed vllllng service long after they were entitled lo discharge should receive travel pay and communtallon of sub Hlstence less the actual coat of their transportation to the United StateN Mr Turner of Washington made an extended statement The amendment ho said applied to about 100000 ofllcers i and men scattered all over tho country coun-try MAKES STARTLING STArEMENT lIe declared that the volunteers brought back to the United Stales from the Philippines had been packed I like swine In dark dirty llllhy roticn L and antiquated vessels I went to San Francisco continued Mr Turner lo join IP tim receptIon of the Wash ington regiment upon Its return from the Philippines I went aboard the vessel and Into the hold where the soldiers sol-diers were packed and I assert on my I honor that the quarters were not fit for animals The Government ought I to have paid these volunteers double pay for packing them ilke sardines Into these miserable holes SECRETARY IMPOSED UPON Mr Turner said that the Secretary 3p of War had estimated his amendment would cost about J7000000 but he was satisfied the Secretary had been 1m jiosert upon lie had carefully osll maled the cost and did not thInk It would require more than 1500000 6 Mr Hawley made the point of order against the amendment that It was a change of existing law and the point was sustained TREATMENT UTAH BATTERIES In a sharp speech Mr Rawlins declared de-clared that there was a distinction be I txvcen the treatment of the Astor battery bat-tery and the Utah batteries lie said that the Astor battery had been given whal Mr Turners 4 just was proposed by ners amendment yet the Utah battery 1 was not allowed tho same pay It I was an outrage declared Mr Raw i Inn which no man loving Justice IIQ ould be gullly of Mr Pelllgrcw bitterly denounced the Cofrnmenl for keeping the volunteers i i In service after their time had expired 1 Lt1 ex-pired CALLS PETTIGREW DOWN Mr Nelson thought If I Pcttlgrow had 4 had experience In the Civil war he i Gtit would not have uttered the words he i had against the Government lie told of the veteran bounty offered during I the Clvil wnra bounty of 300 two 5tiIi months furlough and transportation 1 J4 home for reenllslmenl This was offered of-fered because the veterans were more valuable as soldiers than green men r Fo It was In the Philippines The men i who had served there were more valuable val-uable than new men who might bo sent to the Islands lie believed that the r4 men of the South Dakota regiment would resent the ulleranccs of Mr t Pelllgrcw ns an Imputation against I 1 fi their loyally I and patriotism v4 SOUTH DAKOTAN ANSWERS Mr Polllgrow replied that Mr Nel Bonu attack upon South Dakota soldiers 43i sol-diers would be resented If he were idtt1 where they could get at him But iq nald he they will have to take it out In an opinion of the Senators bray ory 4 oryMr Pcltlgrew then had read many at lelttrs l from ollIcerK and men of the ol South Dakota regiment In support of the statements he had made Commenting Com-menting upon one of the letters Mr Pottlgrew said that hundreds of soldiers sol-diers who had served hi lie Philippines i Philip-pines were now Inmates of St Eliza beths immno asylum at Washington At least 200 he declared hud committed commit-ted suicide Mr Pcttlprew also had a letter read 4 which he wrote to the President In which he used most violent and abusive abu-sive language against the Chief Ex tlXC tlXCYIELDS THE FLOOR E N l Mr Petilgrew also aaked unanimous consent to print a J an appendix lo his remarks other documents but Mr j J Plait of Conntcllcut objected and the 4 South Dakota Senator proceeded to read them He yielded the floor for tn iOE4 executive Roswion promising to conclude tlti con-clude hIlS statement at another time rrgl CLARK CASE l11 Mr Hoar then gave notice that tomorrow k to-morrow at Ole conclusion of morning business he would move lo proceed to the consldcrallon of the resolution declaring J de-claring Mr Clark of Montana not to IH vs cnllllcd to UlH seat hi the Senate The Ctrs notice aroused an Interacting colloquy IIi I indicating that jomr K nntom v nul1 l > innlot upon time in which to cxamlni J IIii the testimony taken by Ihe Committee on Privileges and Elections Mr Bale said sufficient time had not been had yet by Senators to examine I the case Ho was assured by Mr Hoar that proper time would be granted without a doubt Mr Chandler said that reasonable time would be given but unreasonable delay would not be submluod to < Mr Bacon said there might bea dir I ference of opinion as to what constl tuted reasonable delay The Senator said he evidently desires to rush this question to a vote but It Is too 1m I portanl a matter for hurried action I shall not consent to fix a time for consideration con-sideration unlll I have had time to I examine the testimony I know of no man who has had yet time to go through that testimony Mr Stewart suggested lhat there ought to be no attempt to rush the I matter ns it would require more time to read the three volumes of testimony In the Senate than It would for Scna loris lo examine them at their leisure CIIANDLJ3U MAKES CHARGES Mr Chandler said thin statement of i Mr Stewart could be taken only as a threat to have the three volumes of testimony rend in the Senate He had heard he said that there was a pur i pose of which he entirely acquitted any Senator lo delay the consideration of J the Clark resolution In order to pre vent the Governor of Montana from i appointing n Senator to succeed Mr Clark In case he should be unseated He had hoard that it war intended to attempt to postpone the case until next I inter In order that Mr Clark might be In a better position to prosecute his claims for reelection before the Leg islature of Montnna na These were rumors ru-mors he supposed but he gave notice that be would demand a yea and nay vote on the proposition 1 of considera tion and definite action If such tactics were resorted to Afler a brief executive session 4 Senate at 520 pm adjourned |
